There have been four deaths within my world in the past couple of weeks. One was the death of my brother-in-law from cancer. Hank was a retired medical doctor who specialized in wellness care. Although we weren’t terribly close, I respected his work ethic and his wanting to reorient the medical world from

A few times a year I share a poem, instead of a column. Celebrate the loveliness of the holidays in the ways you love the best! Barter By Sara Teasdale Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that

As I’ve been going through a pile of partially-read magazines before I donate them to a nursing home, I stumbled across a Cambridge University article on the uses of boredom. Most technology (especially the smart phone) is supposed to make life easier and leave us time to spend elsewhere. Instead, the technology

A client recently said she was afraid she feared success because of its potential trappings including increased exposure and less personal privacy. The definition of trappings is: the outward signs, features, or objects associated with a particular situation, role, or thing. Embedded in the word trappings is the word ‘trap’. A

We often repeat to ourselves stories at which we should take a second look. One of my clients came to me concerned about her relationship with money. She was torn between two opposing viewpoints. One was a general feeling that everything would work out and that she shouldn’t worry. In fact, she worried

At a meeting recently I shared some spiritual teachings from a conference I had attended. We watched a video online of the spiritual teacher working with the audience’s questions. Frankly, neither the work nor the teacher resonated with most of my group. A few people nodded off, and at the end there

There’s a paradox to a coach saying that the journey matters more than the destination. As a coach, I wouldn’t work with anyone unless they had goals they wanted to achieve (or I could help them identify what they wanted). I question often, “What is your next best step to take to get